Lawrence E Bortness

Military
media-18334.jpeg UPL 18334 LT Lawrence Bortness
Bombardier - Crew #715/443
John H. Woolnough Crew 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 18334 - LT Lawrence Bortness Bombardier - Crew #715/443 John H. Woolnough Crew

Retired from the USAF as a Colonel after serving in WW 2, Korean War and Vietnam. Was bombardier (B-24J), Nav Radar/NAV N-52, flight engineer B-29, NAV B-36, performance engineer B-52, OPS/Plans officer, Base Commander, Wing Commander, 8th Air Force. He retired from active duty, 1974.

Burial details:

Bortness, Lawrence E, b. 10/20/1921, d. 09/09/1984, US Air Force, COL, Res: Mesa, AZ, Plot: 14 0 2615, bur. 09/12/1984

http://www.interment.net/data/us/az/maricopa/national/arizona_blebou.htm



National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona

23029 North Cave Creek Road

Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States



Military Service

COLONEL

US AIR FORCE

VIETNAM WAR KOREAN WAR WORLD WAR II

Transcriber

DdraigGoch

January 2, 2014

Photographer

denis_ashton

October 1, 2013

https://billiongraves.com/grave/LAWRENCE-E-BORTNESS/6343262



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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John H Woolnough

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28747

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gruesome Goose
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51141) nicknamed "Pegasus The Flying Red Horse" of the 466th Bomb Group uses parachutes as a landing aid. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: 'B-24 42-51141, T9-N 466BG.'

42-51141

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Pegasus
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron

42-94886

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron

42-95592

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Cat
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Volga, SD 57071, USA 20 October 1921

Enlisted

Historic Fort Snelling, 200 Tower Ave, St Paul, MN 55111, USA 14 April 1941

Died

Phoenix, AZ, USA 9 September 1984

Buried/ Commemorated

Phoenix, AZ, USA 12 September 1984 National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix Maricopa County Arizona, USA Plot: 14, 0, 2615
Volga, SD 57071, USA

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David Lawrence Bortness, son of Col. Lawrence E Bortness (dec.)

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David Lawrence Bortness, son of Col Lawrence E. Bortness

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David Lawrence Bortness, son of Col. Lawrence E. Bortness, USAF (dec.)

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Highest rank in the 8th AF was 1LT. Note that he retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel in biography

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I can add much more and will. -- David Lawrence Bortness, son of Lawrence E.

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466th BG Archives

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 343

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